EP1479411B1 - Vorrichtung zur überwachten Tumorbestrahlung - Google Patents
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- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
- A61N5/1048—Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods
- A61N5/1049—Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods for verifying the position of the patient with respect to the radiation beam
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- A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
- A61N5/1048—Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods
- A61N5/1049—Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods for verifying the position of the patient with respect to the radiation beam
- A61N2005/1061—Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods for verifying the position of the patient with respect to the radiation beam using an x-ray imaging system having a separate imaging source
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
- A61N2005/1085—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy characterised by the type of particles applied to the patient
- A61N2005/1087—Ions; Protons
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- the present invention relates to a device for monitored tumor irradiation according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Particle therapy is mainly used to treat localized forms of cancer to treat.
- an atomic particle i. an electron, proton, neutron or heavy ion, or X-radiation from a jet dispenser to a specific one Target area emitted in the patient, which is also referred to as target volume.
- the Particles release energy to the body cells within the target area, causing them be destroyed due to radical formation in the cell liquid.
- An irradiation form that has proven to be particularly efficient in recent years is the irradiation with protons, which is the most energy in a so-called Bragg peak immediately before their final stop, so that deeper Tumors can be irradiated without severely damaging the surrounding tissue.
- protons By selecting the energy of the proton beam, the protons in the Be guided body that they come exactly in the target volume of the tumor to a standstill and give the bulk of their energy to the sick cells there.
- An already in Operating proton therapy facility is located at Loma Linda University Medical Center integrated and described in more detail in US 4,870,287.
- Such gantries 100 are large, rotatable mounted in the form of a ring or a hollow cylinder, which is used for beam guidance serve a particle beam fed via a beam feed unit 101 and in the interior of which a patient positioning device 102 is arranged, on which the Patient is irradiated.
- the proton beam dispenser 103 may be connected to the ring of the Gantry 104 can be rotated 360 ° around the patient without any interference of the proton beam which passes in the beam guide 105. This allows the patient be irradiated from different sides, resulting in an accurate scanning of the three-dimensional Shape of the tumor tissue allows and the surrounding tissue even more spares.
- stationary proton beam delivery devices which also includes a jet delivery device 107 and a patient positioning device 108, usually a seat exhibit.
- the patient Proton beam dispenser is positioned very accurately, so that the target volume is hit optimally. If positioned incorrectly, the proton beam would be the most Deliver energy to healthy cells within the body of the patient and destroy them.
- the patients are on a purpose-built patient positioning device fixed. This can either be adapted to the body shapes couch with appropriate Wells, or a specially adapted treatment chair during eye irradiation.
- the fixed points are usually selected on the skeletal structure of the patient, in moving body parts such as e.g. Eyes can also be artificial fixpoints, about Metal clips, are used in the sclera of the eye and serve as a reference system.
- the position of the target volume is then determined, for example, by a combination of determined in conventional nuclear spin and CT recordings and in the reference system described above localized.
- Using the CT scan data will also be a treatment plan for the patient (see, e.g., U.S. 5,117,829).
- the treatment plan is over computes a computer simulation, in particular the number of irradiations and the Angles at which the rays best reach the cancerous cells.
- the patient usually receives periodic treatments for several days, in which the target volume repeatedly irradiated with a proton beam becomes.
- the patients are again fixed on the same patient positioning device.
- the irradiation unit should be able to find the reference points in the human Body, with reference to which had previously located the tumor, back to determine. At these points you can see if the patient is in the right position for which the treatment plan has been developed. For this are so far several Procedure has been proposed.
- a picture of the to be in the patient positioning device to compare the position of the fixed points with the desired position.
- a system is for example from US 5,825,845 known.
- the X-ray source is in the area of the proton beam delivery device arranged and can be pushed into the proton beam, so that the X-rays from the same direction as the proton radiation hits the patient.
- an X-ray detector arranged, which receives the X-rays.
- X-rays are taken before treatment, and if not the fixed points, the patient can be easily moved or existing in the gantry adjustment mechanism be easily adjusted so that the position of the patient is completely identical to the location in which the images were taken, which were used to determine the treatment plan had served.
- a device has the great disadvantage that only from one direction X-ray images can be recorded, so that at unfavorable position of the tumor, the bony skeletal structure and thus the fixed points often not clearly visible.
- the mechanics necessary for the introduction of the mobile X-ray source used in the proton beam is relatively complicated and susceptible to interference. If during the irradiation made a position check recording is due to the reconstruction measures, the treatment time is increased enormously.
- the air path of the particle beam relatively long, whereby the beam quality is reduced.
- EP 1 121 957 A2 Another form of patient position control is proposed in EP 1 121 957 A2.
- the irradiation unit is provided with a nuclear spin unit, which is approximately simultaneous provides a noninvasive localization of the tumor for irradiation.
- This procedure is Although very accurate, but is subject to the spatial limitations that for a nuclear magnetic resonance are necessary, so that e.g. from the outset an irradiation in a gantry is excluded.
- US 5,207,223 describes a device for irradiation of tumor tissue in the head area by means of photons.
- the device has a therapy beam delivery device which is arranged in a rotatable gantry, two orthogonally arranged X-ray sources and opposite X-ray detectors used for position verification of the Patients or to be irradiated tumor tissue.
- two X-ray sources to the side of the therapy beam delivery device
- US 6,307,914 also describes a device for irradiating tumor patients by means of photons or others suitable types of radiation.
- X-ray sources and opposing X-ray detectors are also provided, which can be arranged almost anywhere in the room.
- WO 03/018133 A1 which is to be regarded as the closest prior art, shows a Irradiation device using photons, which also designed as a gantry-like arrangement can be. It is mentioned here that the X-ray detectors serving for the position verification have an angle of between 20 ° and 60 ° to the blasting device, preferably between 30 ° and 45 °. This should ensure that they are do not affect each other and the picture provided sufficient accuracy has.
- the present invention is therefore based on the object, a device for supervised To create tumor radiation, which can be used in gantries, relatively simple and easy to maintain, and with whatever the direction of radiation, off the charged particles are directed to the patient at all times an exact and secure positioning of the patient is possible.
- the device according to the invention ensures that at any time and regardless of the beam direction of the charged particles a safe assessment of the patient's position can be made. Furthermore with the present invention, the construction of the jet dispenser can be simplified and by shortening the airways the quality of the particle beam can be improved.
- the X-ray detectors are the same distance on both sides of Beam delivery device arranged, which provides mechanical advantages.
- the X-ray detectors make an angle of between 70 ° and 90 °.
- An approximation to 90 ° provides a wide range of information, while a smaller angle can sometimes be structurally easier to implement is.
- the patient positioning device is preferred rotatably formed.
- Fig. 3 is a cross section through a device according to the invention for the monitored Tumor irradiation of cancer patients according to the present invention shown.
- the Device 1 is arranged within a Gantrys 3, as it is already known from the prior Technique is known.
- the irradiation room contains a preferably movable patent positioning device 5, designed here as a couch, the suitable immobilizing agent has, for example, a recess adapted to the patient in the couch and other means known in the art.
- gantry 3 is a proton beam dispenser 7 arranged with the gantry 3 360 ° around the patient can be moved around to ensure radiation from all directions.
- the proton beam dispenser 7 has at its front end a Nozzle 9, which serves to apply the beam to the patient.
- the beam has a predetermined intensity according to the treatment plan and is deflected by computer-controlled magnets (not shown) such that a precise scanning of the tumor tissue with the particle beam is made possible.
- the device for position verification consists in the illustrated example of two X-ray sources 11, which are aligned in the direction of the patient couch 5 out, and two arranged on the other side of the device for patient positioning 5 X-ray detectors 13, which are suitable, transmitted by the X-rays To transform information into image information.
- the X-ray sources 11 preferably have a small focal spot and are short pulsed while as X-ray detector 13 is preferably used flat panels of amorphous silicon become. These panels have a detection surface in the illustrated embodiment of about 30 x 40 cm. But it can also be suitable other commercially available X-ray devices be used.
- the X-ray sources 11 are permanently installed in the Gantryring 3, so that they are automatically rotated each time the gantry is moved. Also the X-ray detectors 13 are either directly with the ring of the gantry 3 or via a suitable mechanism with the housing of the proton beam dispensing device 7 connected.
- X-ray sources 11 and X-ray detectors 13 there are many arrangements of the X-ray sources 11 and X-ray detectors 13 conceivable, which provide the advantages of the invention, but important is one Arrangement of the X-ray detectors 13 retrograde to the beam direction of the proton beam.
- the angle between the two X-ray detectors 13 should also not too small to be able to record a sufficient angular range, which increases the safety in the position control, because then in every position of the proton beam dispenser 7 made a confident statement about the patient's location can be.
- the angle between the two X-ray detectors should be 13 preferably not be less than 60 °, with an angle of over 120 °, although is possible, but due to the scattering radiation occurring during the proton irradiation not for simultaneous use of the irradiation apparatus and position verification device is suitable, since the X-ray detectors 13 then no longer in the zone of lowest scattered radiation intensity would be.
- the use of the device according to the invention for monitored tumor irradiation is running Now proceed as follows: First, the patient is on the prefabricated table in the Gantry laid. Those determined from the data of the previous CT examinations Cartesian summation images used to determine the image axes of the X-ray sources calculated and corrected in perspective, provide a reference image ("DRR": digitally reconstructed radiograph), which shows how certain fixed points of the bony skeleton must be arranged when the patient is in the right place Position is. Now, at least one of the X-radiation sources 11 X-radiation emitted, which passes through the patients located on the couch 5 partially and detected by at least one X-ray detector 13.
- DRR digitally reconstructed radiograph
- image information can be displayed either manually or by suitable computer software compared to the calculated image can be.
- the patient himself can be moved, or the patient table 5 is rotated in space to compensate for minor irregularities. Also, a movement of the proton beam dispenser 7 is possible.
- the tumor When the patient is in the ideal position, this is passed through the proton beam delivery device 7 irradiated, the tumor preferably in a raster scan method is scanned.
- the protons give their energy within the tumor tissue and destroy it by this.
- the device according to the invention also used for online control when connected to a suitable computer system. Then is it possible to use the system for a quasi-continuous monitoring, which automatically terminates the irradiation process when irregularities occur. Because the X-ray detectors 13 are arranged retrograde to the proton beam direction are the images supplied by the X-ray detectors 13 can be read by the Proton irradiation resulting stray radiation disturbed.
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- ein Gantrysystem nach dem Stand der Technik,
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- ein Augenbestrahlungssystem nach dem Stand der Technik,
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- einen Schnitt durch eine erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung zur überwachten Tumorbestrahlung in einem Gantry, und
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- eine Draufsicht auf eine erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung zur überwachten Bestrahlung von Augenpatienten.
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- Vorrichtung zur überwachten Tumorbestrahlung mit einer Vorrichtung (7) zur Abgabe eines Behandlungsstrahls, mit einer Vorrichtung (5) zur Patientenpositionierung, die geeignet ist, den Patienten während der Bestrahlung möglichst immobilisiert zu halten, und einer Vorrichtung zur Positionsverifizierung des Patienten vor bzw. während der Bestrahlung, die mindestens zwei Röntgenstrahlungsquellen (11) und mindestens zwei diesen gegenüberliegende Röntgenstrahlendetektoren (13) aufweist, die in der jeweiligen Röntgenstrahlachse der zugehörigen Röntgenstrahlungsquelle (11) angeordnet sind, wobei die Vorrichtung (5) zur Patientenpositionierung jeweils zwischen Röntgenstrahlungsquelle (11) und Röntgenstrahlendetektor (13) positioniert ist und die Röntgenstrahlungsquellen (11) außerhalb des Bereichs angeordnet sind, den der Behandlungsstrahl auf dem Weg zur Patientenpositionierungsvorrichtung (5) überstreicht, wobei die beiden Röntgenstrahlendetektoren (13) in einem Winkel von zwischen 30° und 60° seitlich von der Strahlabgabevorrichtung (7) angeordnet sind und einen Winkel von zwischen 60° und 120° einschließen, wobei die Vorrichtung als drehbares Gantry (3) ausgebildet ist, und die Röntgenstrahlungsquellen (11) sowie die Röntgenstrahlendetektoren (13) fest mit dem Ring des Gantrys (3) verbunden und somit drehbar sind,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
die Vorrichtung zur Abgabe eines Behandlungsstrahls geladene Teilchen abgibt, und daß die Röntgenstrahlendetektoren (13) im Innenraum des Gantryringes an einer radialen Position mit einem Radius, der kleiner ist als der Innenradius des Gantryringes, angeordnet sind. - Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die beiden Röntgenstrahlendetektoren (13) in einem Winkel von zwischen 35° und 45° seitlich von der Strahlabgabevorrichtung (7) angeordnet sind.
- Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Röntgenstrahlendetektoren (13) im selben Abstand auf beiden Seiten der Strahlabgabevorrichtung (7) angeordnet sind.
- Vorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Röntgenstrahlendetektoren (13) einen Winkel von zwischen 70° und 90° einschließen.
- Vorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Röntgenstrahlendetektoren (13) an der Strahlabgabevorrichtung (7) befestigt sind.
- Vorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorrichtung (5) zur Patientenpositionierung bewegbar ausgebildet ist.
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